I'm in love.

I'm in love with every aspect of my life. I'm in love with every blessing, and every trial, and every sweet, beautiful friend God has seen fit to put there. I have so much more than I need and my life is so much easier than I deserve, and I will never be able to fathom what benefit I could be to the people around me who are already so strong and so intelligent and who overcome their obstacles with such grace and gratitude, but I know that I need thema. They are such an example to me. Several times I have watched them go through things that no one should have to go through, let alone anyone as selfless and generous and charitable and truly Christlike as the people I have had the privilege of surrounding myself with. And every time, I am so inspired. It is always a reminder of how truly precious this life is. How inconsequential appearance and popularity and clothing and the newest iPhone and the like really are. How lucky I am to have genuine friendship, because the older I get the more I realize it is so rare.
I know I get sad sometimes. Sad that I'm single or sad that I'm not as pretty as I would like to be or sad that I haven't reached all of the goals that I feel like I should have by now. But sometimes I get to be reminded that I have everything I need and that the blessings I have been promised will come. Everything that isn't perfect actually kind of is. It's perfect for me. My life is tailor-made to help me learn what I need to and gain the skills I lack. It is the greatest gift I could ever receive and I have nothing but gratitude for that. I have nothing but gratitude for my beautiful friends and the strength they give me every day. Thank you.